Cortes scored the game-winning goal and assisted on two more scores, helping Central Catholic (6-10-3) advance to the regional final for the seventh straight year.

“I'm not trying to live up to my brother,” Cortes said. “I'm trying to live up to what I can do. After (my brother graduated), I was like, ‘I've got to make a name for myself.' ”

He left his mark on Tuesday, scoring on Gunter Hickert's pass less than four minutes in. He also assisted on both of Matt Mohr's goals. Daniel Fleming had Central Catholic's other goal.

The dominating effort was a pleasant respite for the Buttons, who struggled through a tough nondistrict schedule that included games against Clark, Reagan, Boerne Champion and Churchill.

“When I looked at it, I looked at it as playing the bigger schools to get ready for the state tournament,” Buttons senior goalkeeper Andrew Koenigs said. “Yeah, it would be great to be ranked in the top 10 in San Antonio and all of that, but we want to win state. Whatever it takes, as long as we give our chance to win state, that's all we want.''